Word is that Rob Liefield would like Robert Pattinson to star in the upcoming comic-book inspired flick, Youngblood. The plot behind the movie:

Story-wise, the veteran creator said the big-screen adaptation of “Youngblood” would focus on team members Shaft and Chapel, the bow-wielding marksman and gun-toting former soldier who lead the team.

“They don’t like each other,” said Liefeld. “Shaft is the new kid on the block in the movie, and he and Chapel have to put aside their differences to save the Youngblood program.”

However, one character that won’t be appearing in the film is Badrock, the teenage boy with a body made of stone. Liefeld told MTV the decision to leave out Badrock was his choice, adding that the character “doesn’t fit in first film.”

“There are characters that have micro-cameras installed on their bows, their arrows, their semiautomatic rifles, their bo staffs,” Liefeld explained of the ambitious, unique visuals he hopes the adaptation will bring to the screen. “You’re getting footage from a thousand angles, from the casing on their weapons to their armor.”

“When Youngblood goes live, the whole word watches,” he added.

Director Brett Ratner told MTV that his vision for the Youngblood character is none other than RPattz:

“Definitely [Robert Pattinson] from ‘Twilight,’ ” Ratner told MTV News when asked if he had any actors in mind for his upcoming film based on a comic book series about a government-sanctioned team of superheroes. “He just feels like he belongs in that world.”

“I don’t only see him as a vampire,” explained Ratner. “He’s a really good actor.”

Based on writer/artist Rob Liefeld’s Image Comics series, one of the most popular titles of the 1990s comics boom, “Youngblood” follows a group of superheroes who live in the public eye and deal with superhero-level doses of drama when they’re not battling with bad guys. The team is led by a former FBI agent and expert marksman who goes by the codename “Shaft,” and that seems the most likely role for Pattinson in Ratner’s adaptation.

“[Pattinson] could do anything,” said Ratner. “He just has that look. … I picture him on Youngblood, for sure.”